KMGH-TV (Denver) | UCHealth is the first in Colorado to offer a new kind of mammogram to catch breast cancer
UCHealth said it's the first in Colorado to offer a kind of mammogram that could be a game changer when it comes to detecting breast cancer. Right now it’s being offered at the Longs Peak Medical Center in Longmont. Dr. Elizabeth Vorhis, a breast radiologist said she uses an IV contrast during a mammogram. It's the same kind of process if you go to the emergency room and get a stomach or chest CT scan. But when it comes to scanning for breast cancer, this can be a big difference for women with dense tissue. "The women that we have a hardest time finding breast cancer in mammography have dense breast tissue," Dr. Vorhis said.